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and your corporate tax. where do you intend to get revenue to run your state? >> well, greta, the way we're going to do it, again, we're proposing elimination of the individual income tax and corporate income tax and the income is going to come by repealing some of the sales tax exemptions that we've granted to businesses over the years and i've had many conversations with them. they're looking for a simpler and fairer tax code and again, people in my state are pretty excited about the idea that we could eliminate the individual income tax. >> greta: i imagine though if you're taking advantage of that sales exemption tax you're not going to be particularly fond of this idea. how are you going to convince those people it's a good idea? >> well, that's the challenge we have, but again, many of these were implemented four or five decades ago. we have a different economic environment then and again, as i talk to business leaders, they said, you know what? if you can make it simpler and fairer we're willing to go
and your corporate tax. where do you intend to get revenue to run your state? >> well, greta, the way we're going to do it, again, we're proposing elimination of the individual income tax and corporate income tax and the income is going to come by repealing some of the sales tax exemptions that we've granted to businesses over the years and i've had many conversations with them. they're looking for a simpler and fairer tax code and again, people in my state are pretty excited about the...
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the stolid as 6 percent tax. he slapped a tax on hospitals as they provide this service. how did you see that playing out? to me it seems like a just passed that on to their consumers. >> well, this is something that states have been doing for some time. as far as levying a provider tax to help pay the state share. medicaid. and 49 states currently do levy a tax for providers and provide is being defined as not only hospitals but also -- melissa: is your impression the provider would take that out of their profits, that 6 percent? would they slap that on top of what they're charging you and i and the health insurance company? >> i don't think it is quite that simple as just an add-on costs that it would pass on to the consumers. the choice here is really, do you continue with staggering uncompensated care costs for the uninsured, or do you get some payment for those services at the hospital? melissa: i understand why they want to be paid. and is wondering where the money is coming from. i get that they want to be paid for the services. and just wondering where you think t
the stolid as 6 percent tax. he slapped a tax on hospitals as they provide this service. how did you see that playing out? to me it seems like a just passed that on to their consumers. >> well, this is something that states have been doing for some time. as far as levying a provider tax to help pay the state share. medicaid. and 49 states currently do levy a tax for providers and provide is being defined as not only hospitals but also -- melissa: is your impression the provider would take...
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they don't bother to file their tax returns they conceal their source of income. sold the corruption there is nobody can deny this reality so out of this martin movement is anti corruption to educate our society from corruption and this is need of the whole muslim world and old third world and developing muslim countries the have to get to good of corruption and corrupt leaders we have to get rid of deck so we didn't lawbreakers this is why we have started this struggle as if there is create in pakistan you mentioned egypt and some other countries it's very famous saying. the revolution eats its own children is and what happened in egypt and maybe in other countries. those who call the revolutions the are not the rulers don't you feel that the fruits of the efforts that you are going to do now that could be shown to somebody else no i don't think somebody else will gain because somebody else as no intentions to take over the power. they have lost a lot of their reputation because of past experiences. and they in effect are not specialists of controlling the civil
they don't bother to file their tax returns they conceal their source of income. sold the corruption there is nobody can deny this reality so out of this martin movement is anti corruption to educate our society from corruption and this is need of the whole muslim world and old third world and developing muslim countries the have to get to good of corruption and corrupt leaders we have to get rid of deck so we didn't lawbreakers this is why we have started this struggle as if there is create in...
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we have $150 billion that corporations do in tax expenditures to avoid the tax rates. so their tax rate on average is 16%, not 35%. but that's inefficient. we have to do what matt said, and tax people efficiently. if you go back to world war ii and take all the years since then, when our tax rate was 70% in the 50s and you look at periods with more than 38%, we had an employment rate that grew of .5%. when the tax rate was -- excuse me -- was 2%. when the tax rate went down to 38% or below, we grew at five%. my point is this is not taxes. what is key, let's take murderrive and regalations on businesses, they have increased. if they are paying 33% more for regulations per individual, you are not opening up the line for that star runningback to get through. i understand the simplified tax rate form. but it is focusing on small businesses and giving them the opportunity with trained, skilled workforce, not that much reg iewdle, to burst through the line. that's where the focus should be. >> eric: matt, last word? >> you gotta do something. here's -- once again, when a pre
we have $150 billion that corporations do in tax expenditures to avoid the tax rates. so their tax rate on average is 16%, not 35%. but that's inefficient. we have to do what matt said, and tax people efficiently. if you go back to world war ii and take all the years since then, when our tax rate was 70% in the 50s and you look at periods with more than 38%, we had an employment rate that grew of .5%. when the tax rate was -- excuse me -- was 2%. when the tax rate went down to 38% or below, we...
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providing housing for lower middle class and middle-class people, people who are working and paying taxes. we need to have them here for a functioning economy. i am looking for ways to fund more of that kind of housing, particularly for a central employees like teachers, nurses, first responders. we need to make sure that our development is a transit- oriented. we do not want to encourage suburban sprawl. we want to do infill housing so that people can live near where they work and near public transportation. >> let's talk about public transportation. is there adequate muni service in your district? what is the parking and traffic situation like? >> muni is not near where it needs to be. in the caster, we have the subway. -- in the castro, we have the subway. a can be terrific or frustrating. we are next to the bart line. in other parts of the district, is unreliable. the writeridership is lower bece of unreliability. other lines are not as frequent and people not think of using them. we have a particular problem in diamond heights. the neighborhood is served primarily by the 52 line. it
providing housing for lower middle class and middle-class people, people who are working and paying taxes. we need to have them here for a functioning economy. i am looking for ways to fund more of that kind of housing, particularly for a central employees like teachers, nurses, first responders. we need to make sure that our development is a transit- oriented. we do not want to encourage suburban sprawl. we want to do infill housing so that people can live near where they work and near public...
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he cut taxes, but he also continued to spend. if you spend without cutting taxes, you are delaying when the taxation takes place. he was not really cutting taxes. he was doing it in a sneaky way rather than a nice way. he was a militant person. he wanted paltry conservative moral values to the respected by government but be imposed in certain ways as well. he used a lot of liberty-based talk. that does not mean he walk that walk. >> what about the assertion the professors look down their nose at libertarians? >> yes, that tends to be the case. i do not think that is such a bad thing. that is something -- that is how people are in general. most people have the following view -- my view is reasonable and other people are either stupid or mean if they disagree with me. stupid or selfish. that is the only reason anyone would disagree with me. that is true of your typical professional who is a left liberal. if they are not left liberal, they are hardcore left. >> why are most professionals -- professors liberal or liberal left? >> i a
he cut taxes, but he also continued to spend. if you spend without cutting taxes, you are delaying when the taxation takes place. he was not really cutting taxes. he was doing it in a sneaky way rather than a nice way. he was a militant person. he wanted paltry conservative moral values to the respected by government but be imposed in certain ways as well. he used a lot of liberty-based talk. that does not mean he walk that walk. >> what about the assertion the professors look down their...
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let's bring the tax rates down and reform the tax system. let's have more pro drilling and pro energy policy. let's get some of the these regulations to make sense. we go on and on, but the thing that was amazing and i think you and i and most americans would agree with the recommendations, the president did virtually nothing with these. >> neil: a lot of administrations of commissions where they look into something and then the final report collects dusted. i always think with the president involved, if you are commission doing something really dicey, you stand behind them. they come out with a recommendation you put yours in with theirs, this unbiased and sort of boundless commission has come up with ideas, some of which i like, some i don't like but i stand by the key recommendations, yea or nay, he would be richly rewarded? >> there is a problem with that. if you look at the recommendation, things about lowering tax rates, that is opposite what the president wanted to do. he wanted to have the mirror of this group of very respected busin
let's bring the tax rates down and reform the tax system. let's have more pro drilling and pro energy policy. let's get some of the these regulations to make sense. we go on and on, but the thing that was amazing and i think you and i and most americans would agree with the recommendations, the president did virtually nothing with these. >> neil: a lot of administrations of commissions where they look into something and then the final report collects dusted. i always think with the...
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. >>> and slapped with a $14,000 tax bill due all at once. what would you do? why one man paid it nothing larger than a 1 dollar bill. ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, someone else now owns the batmobile. the bubble- topped ride for the caped crusader sold for four-poino >>> move over bruce wayne, someone else now owns the bat mobile. the bubble top ride for the caped crusader sold for $4.2 million at an auction in arizona today. and this wasn't a replica, it was the first one built for the 1960 tv show batman, the highest bidder rick champagne who has champagne taste apparently, he owns a lodgistic companies in arizona. >>> a shatta county man paid his $14,000 property tax bill with coins. larry gas per said it is a protest against the county. he lost his tree business a few years back because he couldn't pay his taxes. and when he tried to pay half of it, he said county officials told him he had to pay it all at once. so he came back with it all in small change. >> i had to borrow some money. i am missing a few payments on my home to pay for my taxes on this piece of property
. >>> and slapped with a $14,000 tax bill due all at once. what would you do? why one man paid it nothing larger than a 1 dollar bill. ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, someone else now owns the batmobile. the bubble- topped ride for the caped crusader sold for four-poino >>> move over bruce wayne, someone else now owns the bat mobile. the bubble top ride for the caped crusader sold for $4.2 million at an auction in arizona today. and this wasn't a replica, it was the first one built for the...
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yes i remember the one well the rich are all of the poor pay taxes. yeah here's my. history have history agree. that. the future is that the rich have never had to pay taxes. by a large. target of loopholes whatever. do you have time to get around that yeah well this is this is one of the big challenges a might might my thoughts on taxes are basically pay to play the more you play the more you pay it's pretty simple todd thank you for the call that people who are using a large people who are generating a large amount of income are also using a lot of the commons these are more the court systems to enforce their contracts so using more of our federally protected banking systems and our our currency systems because they've got more of that stuff there they're using more of the commons and therefore they should be paying more for their share of the commons i also think that progressive taxation is a healthy thing because it establishes a a more equal society more egalitarian society and what we find is that the more unequal a society is the more violent
yes i remember the one well the rich are all of the poor pay taxes. yeah here's my. history have history agree. that. the future is that the rich have never had to pay taxes. by a large. target of loopholes whatever. do you have time to get around that yeah well this is this is one of the big challenges a might might my thoughts on taxes are basically pay to play the more you play the more you pay it's pretty simple todd thank you for the call that people who are using a large people who are...
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he is now charged with counts of wire fraud, bribery, filing false tax returns, and others. he took payments, travel, and other awards, they allege, in exchange for contracts. the indictment reads -- >> mayor ray nagin used his capacity for things that benefit the interests of individuals providing him with bribery kick back pay ops. >> they also glitchy accepted bribes to secure millions of dollars in contracts to rebuild after katrina. they are expected to testify against the former mayor. two officials have also pled guilty. his performance during katrina essentially assured a separate term in 2006. >> we are drawing a line in the sand and saying, "we have had in -- had it." completing office in 2010, he kept a low profile, rarely mentioned in the media, until now. aljazeera. >> republicans in congress are showing the first signs of backing down over the looming debt crisis. they announced they will present a bill. a move will avoid an immediate default by the u.s. treasury. and security scanners that produce naked images in airports are being scrapped. the government has
he is now charged with counts of wire fraud, bribery, filing false tax returns, and others. he took payments, travel, and other awards, they allege, in exchange for contracts. the indictment reads -- >> mayor ray nagin used his capacity for things that benefit the interests of individuals providing him with bribery kick back pay ops. >> they also glitchy accepted bribes to secure millions of dollars in contracts to rebuild after katrina. they are expected to testify against the...
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and in his second term, reagan gained a major tax reform. on the defense front, republican president reagan again with the help of the rity presided over a major increase in the defense budget, congress presided over a major increase in the defense budget, the defe including straby millions of protesters here and abroad. also commander in chief reagan gained secret aid for freedom fighters in central america, the quote unquote contras. in his second term reagan negotiated a nuclear arms control treaty with our then by senate. enemy the soviet union ratified by a democratic center. in republican reagan could work with democrats controlling both the house and for two years the senate, why can't president obama, a democrat, achieve more with republicans who control the house and his democrats who control the senate? >> there's a lot of myth about tip o'neal and ronald reagan working together. they did not. >> you saw the picture. >> they did not. look, in reagan's first term, you know who he worked with? he had a republican senate by ten votes
and in his second term, reagan gained a major tax reform. on the defense front, republican president reagan again with the help of the rity presided over a major increase in the defense budget, congress presided over a major increase in the defense budget, the defe including straby millions of protesters here and abroad. also commander in chief reagan gained secret aid for freedom fighters in central america, the quote unquote contras. in his second term reagan negotiated a nuclear arms control...
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it will eliminate your monthly mortgage payments and give you tax-free cash from the equity in your home. and here's the best part -- you still own your home. take control of your retirement today. ♪ ♪ jenna: right now, here is a look at a few crime stories we are watching for you today. a former ivy league professor who pleaded guilty to fatally beating his wife as she wrapped christmas gifts it getting paroled from prison. he served five years for voluntary manslaughter in philadelphia. again, getting out on parole. the f.b.i. is offering a hundred thousand dollars, a reward for the so-called ak-47 bank robber. they say the suspect has robbed banks on the west coast and is wanted for shooting and injuring a california police officer. a u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 people in afghanistan will be arraigned today for murder. his name, robert bales. he's charged with gunning down mostly women and children in two villages last march. jon: the high stakes fight over gun control now, with new fallout today after the president unveiled his plans nearly two dozen executive actions, tou
it will eliminate your monthly mortgage payments and give you tax-free cash from the equity in your home. and here's the best part -- you still own your home. take control of your retirement today. ♪ ♪ jenna: right now, here is a look at a few crime stories we are watching for you today. a former ivy league professor who pleaded guilty to fatally beating his wife as she wrapped christmas gifts it getting paroled from prison. he served five years for voluntary manslaughter in philadelphia....
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greek lawmakers have turned on a former finance minister accused of hampering a tax probe they voted to investigate george papaconstantinou no over claims he removed his relatives names from a list of tax evasion suspects called lugard list france handed over the names of more than two thousand greeks with swiss bank accounts public constantino claims he's a scapegoat and denies any wrongdoing greece is on a major tax crackdown as it battles the worst ever financial crisis. now the victims of hurricane sandy will finally get the fifty one billion dollar aid they desperately need after the u.s. house of representatives approved a package it took lawmakers over two months to act while the storm survivors struggled with next to no support as a necessity of turkana reports. a gorgeous beach turned coast area. the rockaways in queens one of the places hit hardest by hurricane sandy to want to have months ago still in shambles today miles and miles of devastated businesses residential buildings and houses like this one a place some family probably used to call home now almost literally han
greek lawmakers have turned on a former finance minister accused of hampering a tax probe they voted to investigate george papaconstantinou no over claims he removed his relatives names from a list of tax evasion suspects called lugard list france handed over the names of more than two thousand greeks with swiss bank accounts public constantino claims he's a scapegoat and denies any wrongdoing greece is on a major tax crackdown as it battles the worst ever financial crisis. now the victims of...
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politicians all across the bundestag are very reluctant to approve this amid allegations of widespread tax fraud from cypriot banks but what happens next the baton gets passed on of the e.u. presidency gets passed on to the island of course the country has had its own problems this baton essentially saving to be passed on in the relay race of the fiscally toxic island of course had to receive the e.u. and i.m.f. bailout money they've also had their own problems with unemployment and it's up to them to try and put that right in the next six months which they take over the presidency. he's put a lot of reporting right now france says it is tripling the number of troops deployed to mali to two thousand five hundred all of this as part of the preparation for a land assault it wants to dislodge islamist extremists occupying large swaths of the country now despite a six day campaign of french aerial bombardments mali rebels have extended their reach and the us is also assisting paris in its operation but many of those who are now fighting the mali government on the western forces were reportedly
politicians all across the bundestag are very reluctant to approve this amid allegations of widespread tax fraud from cypriot banks but what happens next the baton gets passed on of the e.u. presidency gets passed on to the island of course the country has had its own problems this baton essentially saving to be passed on in the relay race of the fiscally toxic island of course had to receive the e.u. and i.m.f. bailout money they've also had their own problems with unemployment and it's up to...
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. >> the shippers pay a tax to the lar boar maintenance fee for such work. in recent years the senators on both sides of the aisle, including carl levin of michiganbe complain the fund has been raided for other federal spending. >> steve brown on the banks of lake michigan. thank you. >> interior secretary ken salazzar the latest official to head out the door. they say he will leave in march. he joins the secretary of state, treasury, defense, labor and the epa chief in announcing their departures. more than 8,000 new york city school bus drivers on strike tonight. many students disabled had to find other ways to school this morning. job protection is the hang up. they put a contract with the private bus up for bid. it just got tougher to have your voice heard by the white house. taking gun control at schools for what you might consider a ridiculous extreme. grapevine explains next. >> bret: the white house quadrupleed the threshold on the signatures for the lead the people petition site. the new minimum, 100,000 signatures in 30 days. that is up from 25,000
. >> the shippers pay a tax to the lar boar maintenance fee for such work. in recent years the senators on both sides of the aisle, including carl levin of michiganbe complain the fund has been raided for other federal spending. >> steve brown on the banks of lake michigan. thank you. >> interior secretary ken salazzar the latest official to head out the door. they say he will leave in march. he joins the secretary of state, treasury, defense, labor and the epa chief in...
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the carbon tax. the carbon tax is a broad-based tax that does not in fact have to have a big impact on consumers. it could be placed on electric utilities, something they avoid by moving to clean energy so they don't have to pay it. but if we had the carbon tax it would help close the deficit and would be a stimulus the utilities to move to clean argue. that's the second idea. the third, many states now are following the lead of connecticut, the first state to have the state green bank that couples with the private sector in finances for solar or electric utility grid rebuilds or energy efficiency members. let's have the federal government loan money to state green banks at the extraordinarily low rate. these are a handful of different ways to provide the financing support and the tax policy support for massive private investment. >> host: are we going achieve some of the goals in the politics of abundance, what the role of the sec. the sec can take the lead on a handful of topics and should provide
the carbon tax. the carbon tax is a broad-based tax that does not in fact have to have a big impact on consumers. it could be placed on electric utilities, something they avoid by moving to clean energy so they don't have to pay it. but if we had the carbon tax it would help close the deficit and would be a stimulus the utilities to move to clean argue. that's the second idea. the third, many states now are following the lead of connecticut, the first state to have the state green bank that...
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obama demands the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, but it's just another elitist hypocrite when it comes to a fair share of security. protection for their kids, and gun-free zones for ours. >> sean: and as you can imagine, the white house was up in arms that the n.r.a. mentioned the president's children in the ad, but ironically, obama didn't mind exploiting other people's kids during today's press conference. join me now with reaction, fox news contributors monica crowley and lessy marshal. wait a minute, so you didn't mention his kids, but we'll use these other kids as props and exploit them in the background here, a little hypocritical? >> not at all. >> no? >> you know i'm the mom of two kids, four and five. nobody can exploit my children except me, so, if you think anybody exploited them, and i don't think they he were exploited, it's the parents. the parents agreed, the kids sent the president a letter and sean, this is about the kids, i'm not going to start singing whitney houston "the children of our future", i promise. >> sean: and i take your point and i think generall
obama demands the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, but it's just another elitist hypocrite when it comes to a fair share of security. protection for their kids, and gun-free zones for ours. >> sean: and as you can imagine, the white house was up in arms that the n.r.a. mentioned the president's children in the ad, but ironically, obama didn't mind exploiting other people's kids during today's press conference. join me now with reaction, fox news contributors monica crowley and lessy...
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investigate george peppard constantino over claims that he removed his relatives names from a list of tax evasion suspects on the lagarde list france handed over the names of more than two thousand greeks with swiss bank accounts and a public constantino player sees being made a scapegoat though he did night any wrong doing greece is on a major tax crackdown right now as it battles its worst ever financial crisis. friday violence in syria it's seen a rocket hit a building in the northern city of aleppo and two car bombs explode in the country's south state media says at least twelve people were killed in the attacks which the rebels and the government plane each other for three days ago twin blasts at aleppo university killed eighty seven people opposition fighters and islamic militants linked to al qaida trying to defeat the army by seizing military bases. developing story tonight ukraine's jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko could no be jailed for life prosecutors have announced an end to an investigation into the murder of a former ukrainian m.p. and prominent entrepreneur in
investigate george peppard constantino over claims that he removed his relatives names from a list of tax evasion suspects on the lagarde list france handed over the names of more than two thousand greeks with swiss bank accounts and a public constantino player sees being made a scapegoat though he did night any wrong doing greece is on a major tax crackdown right now as it battles its worst ever financial crisis. friday violence in syria it's seen a rocket hit a building in the northern city...
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the tax fight for the middle-class comes from the end of the payroll tax cut, a temporary tax break that wasn't renewed in the fiscal cliff deal. >> the irs tax code is still a nightmare. it's too complex. too costly, and too unfair. >> reporter: both sides say they're open to simplifying the tax code. more than 70,000 pages in 2012. the u.s. government gives away more than a trillion dollars a year in tax breaks, but republicans say reform isn't about squeezing more money out of taxpayers. >> i think tax reform is a good idea. but now that we have resolved the revenue issue, tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during the reagan administration. >> reporter: the president and congressional democrats disagree. >> but spending cuts must be balanced with more reforms to our tax code. the wealthiest individuals and the biggest corporations shouldn't be able to take advantage of loopholes and deductions that aren't available to most americans. >> trust me, there are plenty things within that tax code, these loopholes, where people can park their money on some island offshore
the tax fight for the middle-class comes from the end of the payroll tax cut, a temporary tax break that wasn't renewed in the fiscal cliff deal. >> the irs tax code is still a nightmare. it's too complex. too costly, and too unfair. >> reporter: both sides say they're open to simplifying the tax code. more than 70,000 pages in 2012. the u.s. government gives away more than a trillion dollars a year in tax breaks, but republicans say reform isn't about squeezing more money out of...
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how much is going to be tax increases. how much is going to be spending cuts. definitely going to do that when it comes to gun control. i'm told you will see a very aggressive in effect national campaign by the president and vice president going out and appealing to various constituent groups. red state and quite frankly a lot of red state democrats are up for reelection to the senate in 2014. he has to put pressure on them. immigration reform trying to mobilize hispanic voters in some of the key states. i think you will see it on a variety of issues, the whole legislative agenda the president is going to play an inside game but you a much more active outside game as well. >> take a listen to a little bit of more of your interview with david plouffe on "fox news sunday." >> if you look at president regan he accomplished tax reform. there was good second term accomplishments. a few things. one it is not like we are roaming around the white house looking for things to do. on immigration, gun safety, deficit reduction. we have a pretty stacked agenda here and i th
how much is going to be tax increases. how much is going to be spending cuts. definitely going to do that when it comes to gun control. i'm told you will see a very aggressive in effect national campaign by the president and vice president going out and appealing to various constituent groups. red state and quite frankly a lot of red state democrats are up for reelection to the senate in 2014. he has to put pressure on them. immigration reform trying to mobilize hispanic voters in some of the...
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the tax fight for the middle-class comes from the end of the payroll tax cut, a temporary tax break that wasn't renewed in the fiscal cliff deal. >> the irs tax code is still a nightmare. it's too complex. too costly, and too unfair. >> reporter: both sides say they're open to simplifying the tax code. more than 70,000 pages in 2012. the u.s. government gives away more than a trillion dollars a year in tax breaks, but republicans say reform isn't about squeezing more money out of taxpayers. >> i think tax reform is a good idea. but now that we have resolved the revenue issue, tax reform ought to be revenue neutral as it was back during the reagan administration. >> reporter: the president and congressional democrats disagree. >> but spending cuts must be balanced with more reforms to our tax code. the wealthiest individuals and the biggest corporations shouldn't be able to take advantage of loopholes and deductions that aren't available to most americans >> trust me, there are plenty things within that tax code, these loopholes, where people can park their money on some island offshore a
the tax fight for the middle-class comes from the end of the payroll tax cut, a temporary tax break that wasn't renewed in the fiscal cliff deal. >> the irs tax code is still a nightmare. it's too complex. too costly, and too unfair. >> reporter: both sides say they're open to simplifying the tax code. more than 70,000 pages in 2012. the u.s. government gives away more than a trillion dollars a year in tax breaks, but republicans say reform isn't about squeezing more money out of...
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i thought conservatives hated taxes. burnett said this liberal tax exists to make a point. >> we have a fiscal problem in this country. we've got to deal with it or we don't have a country. so to kind of help make that point a little bit, i charge them just a little bit more. >> yeah, it's all our fault. to add insult to injury, burnett donates the extra dollar to the conservative cause like the heritage foundation. jim demint will like that. but vernal, utah, is located in solid red county, folks. 90% of the residents there voted for mitt romney. less than 9% voted for barack obama. burnett's controversial pricing is getting him free publicity and lots of love from local republicans. but his stunt will not single-handedly fund jim demint and the heritage foundation. at $1 per liberals, let's add it all up. >> actually, all three liberals have been happy to pay it. >> there you go. heritage foundation, good luck with the three extra bucks. don't spend it -- well, yeah, go ahead, spend it in one place. >>> tonight in our
i thought conservatives hated taxes. burnett said this liberal tax exists to make a point. >> we have a fiscal problem in this country. we've got to deal with it or we don't have a country. so to kind of help make that point a little bit, i charge them just a little bit more. >> yeah, it's all our fault. to add insult to injury, burnett donates the extra dollar to the conservative cause like the heritage foundation. jim demint will like that. but vernal, utah, is located in solid...
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. >> there will be no more tax-funded bailouts. period. >> years of spending under both parties add up and the debt ceiling talks of 2011 led to a budget attend off between democrats and republicans who took back control of the house of representatives in the midterms. >> is there a risk the united states could lose their aaa rating? yes-or-no. >> no risk. >> the debt ceiling was raised in august the political fight in the spot lighted on the deficit and debt problems less s&p to downgrade the u.s. credit rating for the first time in history. >> geithner steered the major economic moves in the first term and now he is stepping down. president obama's pick to replace him is jack lew, who has established a close relationship with the president. lew is not is chummy with republicans on the hill after the debt ceiling negotiation back in 2011. for that reason and others, his confirmation hearing could be bumpy. if confirmed, he will be dealing with the top issue in this second term, how to get the economy moving and addressing the coun
. >> there will be no more tax-funded bailouts. period. >> years of spending under both parties add up and the debt ceiling talks of 2011 led to a budget attend off between democrats and republicans who took back control of the house of representatives in the midterms. >> is there a risk the united states could lose their aaa rating? yes-or-no. >> no risk. >> the debt ceiling was raised in august the political fight in the spot lighted on the deficit and debt...
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of us like the tax code. when you talk about the ability to broaden the base, lower the rate and raise revenue, that is a pretty good system. it's pretty desirable to think about how to reform the tax code. but there are a lot of tough things when you talk about the specifics and the fact we need to deal with the mortgage deduction for state and local taxation then capping the discretionary you don't have to talk about a single specific policy. taxing the 1% is easy even if you are the 1% its current take more of that to fix the problem. now it's the hardest part so it's how we are going to unravel the next steps. clearly the next piece is going to have to focus on entitlement reform that's the biggest tax. we have to reaction moments coming up next months, the sequester that the extended for two months and it has broad base across-the-board spending cuts which is a wrong way to do policy. we are dealing with a tough recovery we want to phase in all these gradually and pick and choose and policy makers to pic
of us like the tax code. when you talk about the ability to broaden the base, lower the rate and raise revenue, that is a pretty good system. it's pretty desirable to think about how to reform the tax code. but there are a lot of tough things when you talk about the specifics and the fact we need to deal with the mortgage deduction for state and local taxation then capping the discretionary you don't have to talk about a single specific policy. taxing the 1% is easy even if you are the 1% its...
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type flat tax. host: do you think that would work? caller: i think that would eliminate all these loopholes people take twn tax code system. if you're married, own a house, have children, you get all these deductions and if you don't have any of those things, then you don't get to take any of those deductions so it's just not fair. if your income comes from capital gains there is a different tax rate for you. if the government wants to help bring the economy back, make everything fair across the board as far as taxes go. host: thanks for the call. we welcome our listeners and our focus this morning the role of government in solving america's problems. it was something that dwight eisenhower talked about in his fair well address 52 years ago this week. from our twitter page there is this from one of our viewers -- rick is joining us from maryland democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. i think the government should be a part of our life, because without the government all these millionair
type flat tax. host: do you think that would work? caller: i think that would eliminate all these loopholes people take twn tax code system. if you're married, own a house, have children, you get all these deductions and if you don't have any of those things, then you don't get to take any of those deductions so it's just not fair. if your income comes from capital gains there is a different tax rate for you. if the government wants to help bring the economy back, make everything fair across...
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. >>> the gun control debate who will be our next secretary of defense and whether your taxes are going to go up. in case you missed them, they were some of the topics on the sunday political talk shows. to save you some time, we brought together the bright points. take a look. >> do you think you have enough support on alcohol kohl keep an assault weapons ban from passing? >> if he is willing to expend the political capital, you don't want to make predictions, and yo you don't want to bet your house on the outcome, but i would say that the likelihood is that they are not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this congress. >> this is not your father's nra, but it represents gun manufacturers and less than half of the funding comes from their member, and they make tens of millions of dollars off of the purchases of guns. >> just his overall temperament and is he suited to run a department or big agency or big entity like the pentagon? >> you have questions about his temperament? >> i think -- i think -- i think there are numbers of staffers who are coming forth now just
. >>> the gun control debate who will be our next secretary of defense and whether your taxes are going to go up. in case you missed them, they were some of the topics on the sunday political talk shows. to save you some time, we brought together the bright points. take a look. >> do you think you have enough support on alcohol kohl keep an assault weapons ban from passing? >> if he is willing to expend the political capital, you don't want to make predictions, and yo you...
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and sure it's going downhill it's becoming highly taxed highly regulated. very corrupt very constipated it's a war like so that. there's not much to distinguish the u.s. from any of the other two hundred nation states in the world anymore it's a real pity. case even talking about gold for a number of years you know and for this around the world and these views of yours and others at first were not really embraced because of the what i would call the paper lobby or the paper pushers but now we see a sea change with the actions of germany others to repatriate called excedrin we had something very recently done case in which i found remarkable there was a push in america for a platinum coin which would not be made of platinum of course or have a very minimal amount of platinum as a way to fix this debt budget the debt ceiling but it's also at the same time there seems to be schizophrenia because people don't like the idea of a precious metal like gold being back in the currency but they somehow like the idea of a fan a fantasy platinum coin fixing their debts.
and sure it's going downhill it's becoming highly taxed highly regulated. very corrupt very constipated it's a war like so that. there's not much to distinguish the u.s. from any of the other two hundred nation states in the world anymore it's a real pity. case even talking about gold for a number of years you know and for this around the world and these views of yours and others at first were not really embraced because of the what i would call the paper lobby or the paper pushers but now we...